"Dear Evan Hansen" won a Tony for best musical in 2017 and is still making an impact. In addition to selling out each night on Broadway, the show has launched a 50-city national tour and a new song collection and novel based on the story are coming out this fall. (Sept. 27)
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It’s lucky number seven for musical lovers. The Rochester Broadway Theatre League’s 2019-2020 season will expand to include a seventh show.

Need some religion? Take your pick of very different Broadway musical legends: Jesus Christ Superstar (to celebrate its 50th anniversary) on one end of the spectrum and The Book of Mormon on the other.

The season also includes a hit show that’s still running on Broadway and several additional “season specials.”

Here’s the newly announced season:

Summer: The Donna Summer Musical

Oct. 1-6. From gospel choir singer to legend, Donna Summer became an icon and the voice of an era. This musical shows how she risked it all as she broke through barriers. The score features more than 20 of Summer’s classic hits, including “Love to Love You Baby,” “Bad Girls” and “Hot Stuff,” this newer show is a tribute to a superstar.

The Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon will return, again, to RBTL's Auditorium Theatre.(Photo: Joan Marcus)

Oct. 22-27. One of two announced “season specials,” the comic and adult-language blockbuster (nine — count them, nine — Tony Awards), returns because, well, everyone still seems to want to see it.

Come From Away

Nov. 19-24. A newer musical based on the true story of 7,000 passengers stranded in a small town in Newfoundland after the planes they were traveling on were forced to land on 9/11. It was a wrenching time and cultures clashed, but uneasiness turned into trust and more. The Broadway production earned a Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical.

Disney’s The Lion King

Dec. 19 to Jan. 5. The second announced "season special" is the visually stunning musical that, of course, has that all-important Rochester connection: Tony Award-winning choreography by Garth Fagan.

Anastasia

Jan. 21-26, 2020. A romantic adventure, inspired by several films, takes audiences from the Russian Empire to Paris of the 1920s. It’s the story of a young woman, Anastasia, who sets out to discover the mystery of her past while a Soviet officer is determined to silence her.

Jesus Christ Superstar

Feb. 18-23, 2020. Half a century after Jesus and Judas were made cool in a rock opera concept album, a new high-tech production for modern theater is touring. With music and lyrics by the duo of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, Jesus Christ Superstar reprises hit songs like “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Superstar.”

Hello, Dolly!

March 17-22, 2020. A new production of the quintessential musical comes to town for a limited run.

Cats

April 21-26, 2020. For a time, it seemed that Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical would play forever. Now it’s back, ready to take on another generation — no doubt ushered in by the one that made this show such a longstanding hit.

Dear Evan Hansen

Ben Platt performs a song from Dear Evan Hansen at the Tony Awards where the show won multiple awards.(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY)

June 2-7, 2020. It won six Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and also a 2018 Grammy Award. And it’s a rare contemporary musical that resonates with teens, complete with elements of social media and questions of teen suicide. The score was written by the multiple award-winning team behind La La Land and The Greatest Showman.